THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE The legendary S-M-C Cartage Co. at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago. For a city that is so filled with the history of crime, there has been little preservation of the landmarks that were once so important to the legend of the mob in Chicago. Gone are the landmarks like the Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept the fifth floor suite and used the place as his headquarters. But most tragic, at least to crime buffs, was the destruction of the warehouse that was located at 2122 North Clark Street. It was here, on Valentine's Day 1929, that the most spectacular mob hit in gangland history took place..... the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The bloody events of February 14, 1929 began nearly five years before with the murder of Dion O’Banion, the leader of Chicago’s north side mob. At that time, control of bootleg liquor in the city raged back and forth between the North Siders, run by O’Banion, and the south side Outfit, which was controlled by Johnny Torrio and his henchman, Al Capone.

In November 1924, Torrio ordered the assassination of O’Banion and started an all-out war in the city. The North Siders retaliated soon afterward and nearly killed Torrio outside of his home. This brush with death led to him leaving the city and turning over operations to Capone, who was almost killed himself in September 1926. The following month, Capone shooters assassinated Hymie Weiss, who had been running the north side mob after the death of O’Banion. His murder left the operation in the hands of George “Bugs” Moran, a long-time enemy of Capone. For the most part, Moran stood alone against the Capone mob, since most of his allies had succumbed in the fighting. He continued to taunt his powerful enemy and looked for ways to destroy him. In early 1929, Moran sided with Joe Aiello in another attack against Capone. He and Aiello reportedly gunned down Pasquillano Lolordo, one of Capone’s men, and Capone vowed that he would have him wiped out on February 14. He was living on his estate outside of Miami at the time and put in a call to Chicago.

Capone had a very special “valentine” that we wanted delivered to Moran. Visit Our Sponsor & Find a variety of gangster costumes for this Halloween at Gangster Costumes . For the Complete Story of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the Beer Wars in Chicago & Al Capone, see Troy Taylor's Dead Men Do Tell Tales Series! Dead Men Do Tell Tales Bloody Chicago Weird Chicago Al Capone Through a contact in Detroit, Capone arranged for someone to call Moran and tell him that a special shipment of hijacked whiskey was going to be delivered to one of Moran’s garages on the north side. Adam Heyer, a friend of Moran, owned the garage and it was used as a distribution point for north side liquor. A sign on the front of the building at 2122 North Clark Street read “S-M-C Cartage Co. Shipping - Packing - Long Distance Hauling”. Moran received the call at the garage on the morning of February 13 and he arranged to be there to meet the truck the next day. On the morning of February 14, a group of Moran’s men gathered at the Clark Street garage.

One of the men was Johnny May, an ex-safecracker who had been hired by Moran as an auto mechanic. He was working on a truck that morning, with his dog, a German Shepherd named Highball, tied to the bumper. In addition, six other men waited for the truck of hijacked whiskey to arrive. The men were Frank and Pete Gusenberg, who were supposed to meet Moran and pick up two empty trucks to drive to Detroit and pick up smuggled Canadian whiskey; James Clark, Moran's brother-in-law; Adam Heyer; Al Weinshank; and Reinhardt Schwimmer, a young optometrist who had befriended Moran and hung around the liquor warehouse just for the thrill of rubbing shoulders with gangsters. George "Bugs" Moran George Moran was already late for the morning meeting. He was due to arrive at 10:30 but didn't even leave for the rendezvous, in the company of Willie Marks and Ted Newberry, until several minutes after that.

As the seven men waited inside of the warehouse, they had no idea that a police car had pulled up outside, or that Moran had spotted the car as he was driving south on Clark Street and rather than deal with what he believed was a shakedown, stopped at the next corner for a cup of coffee. Five men got out of the police car, two of them in uniforms and three in civilian clothing. They entered the building and a few moments later, the clatter of machine gun fire broke the stillness of the snowy morning. Soon after, five figures emerged and they drove away. May's dog, inside of the warehouse, began barking and howling. The landlady in the next building, Mrs. Jeanette Landesman, was bothered by the sound of the dog and she sent one of her boarders, C.L. McAllister, to the garage to see what was going on. He came outside two minutes later, his face a pale white color. He ran frantically up the stairs to beg Mrs. Landesman to call the police. He cried that the garage was full of dead men! The police were quickly summoned and on entering the garage, were stunned by the carnage.

Moran's men had been lined up against the rear wall of the garage and had been sprayed with machine-guns. Pete Gusenberg had died kneeling, slumped over a chair. James Clark had fallen on his face with half of his head blown away and Heyer, Schwimmer, Weinshank and May were thrown lifeless onto their backs. Only one of the men survived the slaughter and he lived for only a few hours. Frank Gusenberg had crawled from the blood-sprayed wall where he had fallen and dragged himself into the middle of the dirty floor. He was rushed to the Alexian Brothers Hospital, barely hanging on. Police sergeant Clarence Sweeney, who had grown up on the same street as Gusenberg, leaned down close to Frank and asked who had shot him. “No one --- nobody shot me,” he groaned and he died later that night. The death toll of the massacre stood at seven but the killers had missed Moran. When the police contacted him later and told him what had happened at the garage, he “raved like a madman”. To the newspapers, Moran targeted Capone as ordering the hit. The authorities claimed to be baffled though, since Capone was in Florida at the time of the massacre.

When he was asked to comment on the news, Capone stated, "the only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran". At the same time, Moran was proclaiming that "only Capone kills guys like that". And Moran was undoubtedly right. The murders broke the power of the north side gang and while there have been many claims as to who the actual shooters were that day, most likely they included John Scalise, Albert Anselmi and "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, all of whom were some of Capone's most trusted men. All three men, along with Joseph Guinta, were arrested but McGurn had an alibi and Scalise and Guinta were killed before they could be tried. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked the end of any significant gang opposition to Capone but it was also the act that finally began the decline of Capone’s criminal empire. He had just gone too far and the authorities, and even Capone's adoring public, were ready to put an end to the bootleg wars. Perhaps the strangest bit of history in regards to the massacre involved the fact that Capone had not seen the last of one of the men killed on that fateful day.

In May 1929, Capone slipped out of town to avoid the heat that was still coming down from the massacre and to avoid being suspected in the deaths of several of the men believed responsible for the killing of the Moran gang. While in Philadelphia, he and his bodyguard, Frankie Rio, were picked up on charges of carrying concealed weapons and were sentenced to a year in prison. They eventually ended up in the Eastern State Penitentiary. Capone continued to conduct business from prison. He was given a private cell and allowed to make long-distance telephone calls from the warden’s office and to meet with his lawyers and with Frank Nitti, Jake Guzik and his brother, Ralph, all of whom made frequent trips to Philadelphia. He was released two months early on good behavior and when he returned to Chicago, he found himself branded “Public Enemy Number One”. It was while he was incarcerated in Pennsylvania that Capone first began to be haunted by the ghost of James Clark, one of the massacre victims and the brother-in-law of George Moran. While in prison, other inmates reported that they could hear Capone screaming in his cell, begging “Jimmy” to go away and leave him alone.

After Capone returned to Chicago, he took up residence at the Lexington Hotel and while here, would report his most frequent encounters with the ghost. While living at the Lexington Hotel, there were many times when Capone’s men would hear from begging for the specter to leave him in peace. On several occasions, bodyguards broke into his rooms, fearing that someone had gotten to their boss. Capone would then tell them of Clark’s ghost. Whether the ghost was real or not, Capone certainly believed that he was. The crime boss even went so far as to contact a psychic named Alice Britt to get rid of Clark’s angry spirit. Not long after a sï¿½ance was conducted to try and rid Capone of the vengeful spirit, Hymie Cornish, Capone’s personal valet also believed that he saw the ghost. He entered the lounge of Capone’s apartment and spotted a tall man standing near the window. He demanded to know the man’s identity but the shadowy figure slipped behind a curtain and out of sight. Cornish immediately summoned two of his employer’s bodyguards but a search of the room revealed there was no one there but Al Capone, who continued to insist the figure had been Jimmy Clark.

Years later, Capone would also insist that Jimmy Clark followed him to the grave. Canadian George Patey with bricks from the wall of the garage where the massacre took place Chicago, in its own style, memorialized the warehouse on Clark Street. The place became a tourist attraction and the newspapers even printed the photos of the corpses upside-down so that readers would not have to turn their papers around to identify the bodies. In 1949, the front portion of the S-M-G Garage was turned into an antique furniture storage business by a couple who had no idea of the building's bloody past. They soon found that the place was visited much more by tourists and curiosity-seekers than by customers and eventually closed the business. In 1967, the building was demolished. However, the bricks from the bullet-marked rear wall were purchased and saved by a Canadian businessman. In 1972, he opened a night club with a Roaring 20's theme and rebuilt the wall, for some strange reason, in the men's restroom. Three nights each week, women were allowed to peek inside at this macabre attraction. One of the bricks from the massacre, authenticated to be from the wall where the murders occurred.

Over the years, other bricks have turned up that were allegedly taken from the warehouse. According to stories, they are cursed! The club continued to operate for a few years and when it closed the owner placed the 417 bricks into storage. He then offered them for sale with a written account of the massacre. He sold the bricks for $1000 each, but soon found that he was getting back as many as he sold. It seemed that anyone who bought one of the bricks was suddenly stricken with bad luck in the form of illness, financial ruin, divorce and even death. According to the stories, the bricks themselves had somehow been infested with the powerful negative energy of the massacre! Whatever became of the rest of the bricks is unknown. Or that's what the legend says.... In recent years, other bricks have emerged that claim to have come from the wall. These were not bricks purchased from Patey but were smuggled out of the lot by construction workers and curiosity-seekers. It was said that from these bricks come the legends of misfortune and bad luck. Are these bricks authentic? The owners say they are -- but you'll have to judge for yourself!

Whatever the legend of the bricks themselves and whether or not they have somehow been "haunted" by what happened, there is little doubt about the site on Clark Street itself. Even today, people walking along the street at night have reported the sounds of screams and machine guns as they pass the site. The building is long gone but the area is marked as a fenced-off lawn that belongs to the nearby nursing home. Five trees are scattered along the place in a line and the one in the middle marks the location where the rear wall once stood. Passerby often report these strange sounds and the indescribable feeling of fear as they walk past. Those who are accompanied by dogs report their share of strangeness too.... Animals appear to be especially bothered by this piece of lawn, sometimes barking and howling, sometimes whining in fear. Their sense of what happened here many years ago seems to be much greater than our own. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com St. Valentine’s Day Massacre St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Author St.

Valentine’s Day Massacre URL A+E Networks Introduction Gang warfare ruled the streets of Chicago during the late 1920s, as chief gangster Al Capone sought to consolidate control by eliminating his rivals in the illegal trades of bootlegging, gambling and prostitution. This rash of gang violence reached its bloody climax in a garage on the city’s North Side on February 14, 1929, when seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, one of Capone’s longtime enemies, were shot to death by several men dressed as policemen. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as it was known, was never officially linked to Capone, but he was generally considered to have been responsible for the murders. Google The Rise of Scarface From 1924 to 1930, the city of Chicago gained a widespread reputation for lawlessness and violence. Not coincidentally, this phenomenon coincided with the reign of chief crime lord Al “Scarface” Capone, who took over from his boss Johnny Torrio in 1925.

(Torrio, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in 1924, had “retired” to Brooklyn.) Prohibition , ushered in by the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920, had greatly increased the earnings of America’s gangsters through bootlegging (the illegal manufacture and sale of alcohol) and speakeasies (illicit drinking establishments), as well as gambling and prostitution. Capone’s income from these activities was estimated at some $60 million a year; his net worth in 1927 was around $100 million. Did You Know? George "Bugs" Moran was on his way to the garage in Chicago at the time of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre; he missed getting killed by minutes. A few days later, he told reporters "Only Capone kills like that." Reached at his Florida home for comment on the murders, Capone offered his own opinion: "The only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran." Over the years, Capone consolidated control over most of Chicago’s crime rackets by ruthlessly gunning down his rivals.

In 1924, authorities counted some 16 gang-related murders; this brand of continued until 1929, reaching a high of 64 murders in one year during that time. Federal authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had much less jurisdiction than they have today, and did not include Chicago’s gang-related activity. Massacre on St. Valentine’s Day Chicago’s gang war reached its bloody climax in the so-called St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. One of Capone’s longtime enemies, the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, ran his bootlegging operations out of a garage on the North Side of Chicago. On February 14, seven members of Moran’s operation were gunned down while standing lined up, facing the wall of the garage. Some 70 rounds of ammunition were fired. When police officers from Chicago’s 36th District arrived, they found one gang member, Frank Gusenberg, barely alive. In the few minutes before he died, they pressed him to reveal what had happened, but Gusenberg wouldn’t talk.

Police could find only a few eyewitnesses, but eventually concluded that gunmen dressed as police officers had entered the garage and pretended to be arresting the men. Though Moran and others immediately blamed the massacre on Capone’s gang, the famous gangster himself claimed to have been at his home in Florida at the time. No one was ever brought to trial for the murders. The Downfall of Public Enemy No. 1 Though the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked the end of any significant gang opposition to Capone’s rule in Chicago, it can also be said to have marked the beginning of his downfall. With his highly effective organization, his impressive income and his willingness to ruthlessly eliminate his rivals, Capone had become the country’s most notorious gangster, and the newspapers dubbed him “Public Enemy No. 1.” Federal authorities began investigating Capone after he failed to appear before a federal grand jury after being subpoenaed in March 1929. When he finally appeared and testified, federal agents arrested him for contempt of court. Capone posted bond and was released, only to be arrested in Philadelphia that May on charges of carrying concealed weapons. Capone served nine months in prison and was released for good behavior.

In February 1931, a federal court found Capone guilty on the contempt charge and sentenced him to six months in Cook County Jail. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department had launched an investigation of Capone for income tax evasion. Through diligent forensic accounting, Special Agent Frank Wilson and other members of the Intelligence Unit of the Internal Revenue Service were able to put together a case, and in June 1931 Capone was indicted for evasion of federal income tax. Convicted that October after an internationally publicized trial, Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison, first in Atlanta and later at Alcatraz . He was released in 1939 and died an invalid recluse at his Florida home in 1947. Tags The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The St.

Valentine's Day Massacre ( 1967 ) Unrated | Al Capone's Valentine Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 26 titles created 23 Nov 2011 a list of 35 titles created 03 Feb 2012 a list of 36 titles created 03 Apr 2012 a list of 36 titles created 22 Dec 2013 a list of 34 titles created 06 Jan 2015 Title: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme. Director: Monte Hellman Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to ...

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Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} See All (44) » Taglines: A warning! This motion picture depicts without flinching the most shocking event of America's most lawless era... The St. Valentine's Day Massacre! See more » Genres: 30 June 1967 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Le massacre de la Saint-Valentin See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia For the massacre scene in the garage, the actors playing the slain gangsters were shown photos and directed as how to fall so their positions were identical to the real photos of the massacre. Two actors bumped together on the way down. After studying photographs they realized they had fallen and collided in the exact way the slain gangsters had fallen and had landed in the correct positions. See more » Goofs In the scene where the Gusenberg brothers pick up Aiello, a stage light is briefly visible reflected in the car's window as it drives off. See more » Quotes Reporter: Y'know some are sayin' that it really was the cops who shot those men. Bugs Moran : You must be new to this town, mister. Only Al Capone kills like that.

(United States) – See all my reviews "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" is a very good gangster movie, released five years before the all-time great "The Godfather". It's pretty accurate in its chronology, according to the books and documentaries I've seen about the incident, only a couple of dramatic licenses taken. The film unfolds like a documentary, showing the dynamics of the rival gangs and their blood feud. Opening with the killers leaving the garage and then the neighbors discovery of the massacre, it proceeds to detail the buildup to the crime. The victims are introduced, along with the killers and planners. Lots of good actors are in this, veterans of both the big and little screen. Jason Robards has been slammed for his over-the-top portrayal of Al Capone, but everything I've seen about Scarface shows that he was over-the-top himself. George Segal is especially good as a Moran gang member, Peter Gusenberg. Ralph Meeker is a tough , barrel chested Bugs Moran. Both gangs are filled with familiar, competent actors. Jean Hale has a nicely done cameo as a classic "gun Moll", Myrtle, Pete's squeeze. Even Jack Nicholson shows up as a Tommy gunner!

The climactic massacre is chillingly accurate using forensic evidence to show how the victims fell and their final positions. All-in-all, a really good movie and record of one of the most famous and shocking events in American criminal history. 8 of 10. 15 of 19 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago | History Today The St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago USA , North America Economic History Richard Cavendish remembers the infamous mafia massacre of February 14th, 1929. Prohibition in the United States gave a massive boost to crime. In Chicago in the 1920s gangs made fortunes from illegal liquor and the associated protection and vice rackets. The relationships between them were uneasy and there were shifting alliances, disputes over territory and attempts to take complete control by ambitious leaders. In 1924 a storm of violence broke out between the Italian-Sicilian mob led first by Johnny Torrio and then by Al Capone on the city's South Side and the Irish-Jewish crew under Dion O'Banion on the North Side.

The Chicago Sun-Times talked of 'the bootleg battle of the Marne' and an editorial in the Herald and Examiner declared 'This is war' as gang killings and gun battles shook the city. Incongruously, Dion O’Banion owned a flower shop on North State Street, where he liked to serve customers and arrange attractive bouquets and window displays. He also supplied wreaths and flowers for expensive gangster funerals. He was greeted amiably there one day by four customers who shot him dead, and his was the most lavish funeral yet. Capone sent a basket of roses ‘From Al’. A peace treaty was organised in 1926 by the leading gangsters, but it did not hold. Capone, who was cheered to the echo by crowds at sporting events, drove about in an armoured car and was an exceptionally generous tipper. He was intent on taking control of Chicago and was on his way to becoming the most famous criminal of his time. O’Banion was eventually succeeded as leader of the North Side gang by George ‘Bugs’ Moran, an Irish gangster known more for muscle than brain power, who had no intention of submitting to ‘them Sicilians’.

On February 13th, 1929, a tempting phone call to Moran told him that a truckload of whisky had just arrived from Detroit and he could have it at a bargain price. He ordered the whisky to be delivered at 10.30 the next morning at the garage of the S.M.C. Cartage Company on North Clark Street, where he kept his bootlegging trucks. It happened to be St Valentine’s Day, the day for delivering tender tokens of affection, when a Cadillac, ostensibly a police car, drove up to the building at around 10.50 am and five men got out. Witness statements varied over details, but it seems that two of the men were in police uniforms and the other three in ordinary civilian clothes. They went into the garage. Eight minutes later, after loud rattling noises and what sounded like trucks backfiring, two of the civilians came out with their hands up, shepherded by the third, and the two ‘police officers’ with guns in their hands, described by a witness as ‘walking slow and easy-like’. The men drove away, neighbours cautiously investigated and found a scene which would make headlines all over the country.

Six dead men and another who was dying were lying on the concrete floor among scattered tyres, pools of blood, chairs and shell casings at the foot of a wall. Five of them were members of Moran’s gang, another was a Moran hanger-on and the last was an unfortunate mechanic who worked in the garage and just happened to be there. His dog was the only survivor. The police investigation showed that the men had been lined up against the wall and mowed down by machine-gun bullets sprayed efficiently across first their heads, then their chests and finally their stomachs. Two of them had been finished off with a shotgun. Some of the bodies’ heads, arms and legs had been severed. The dying Moran gangster was taken to hospital. When the police asked who shot him, he answered: ‘Nobody shot me.’ He died a few hours later, still refusing to say what had happened and who had done it. Capone was away from Chicago at the time, but few doubted who had ordered the massacre. Certainly Moran had not. The assailants had presumably intended to kill Moran himself, but he arrived late at the scene. One of the dead men who looked and dressed rather like Moran may have been taken for him by the gunmen.

They may have been a mixture of Capone’s men and hitmen brought in from outside. After long and complicated investigations, two Capone gunmen were accused of the killings and sent for trial, but one of them was murdered and the other was given an alibi by his girlfriend. He too was murdered later on. Moran managed to keep control of his territory for a while, but the North Side gang never recovered and was presently taken over by an operation called the Chicago Outfit. The massacre concentrated the federal authorities’ attention on Capone. He was convicted of income tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to prison for 11 years. He died in 1947. Moran died in prison ten years later. Browse by Reunion: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre 12 records found Attention:You are browsing our famous burial locations. If you are looking for a non-famous grave, please start from our home page . Anselmi, Albert b. July 15, 1883 d. May 8, 1929 Organized Crime Figure. Born in Marsala, Sicily in 1884, Albert Anselmi became involved with the Mafia early in his life.

Escaping the relatives of one of his murder victims, he fled to America around 1912 and entered the country illegally through the Gulf Coast, eventually settling on "The Hill", the Italian community of St. Louis. By the beginning of Prohibition, Anselmi had moved on to Chicago, working for the six Genna brothers in Little Italy. Contrary to common belief, it was here that he... [Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice ) Cause of death: Murdered with a baseball bat by Al Capone. Burke, Fred b. May 28, 1893 d. July 10, 1940 Criminal. One of eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Wall Camp of Mapleton, Kansas. Teachers of Fred stated he attended school in which he was exceedingly intelligent. He also attended Sunday school regularly. His real name was Thomas Camp. At seventeen he was involved in a land-fraud scheme with a traveling salesman. He fled the area to avoid prosecution and became involved with criminal enterprises around Kansas City, Missouri. It was during this time he is believed to have changed his name from... [Read More] (Bio by: Shock ) Cause of death: Heart attack. b.

October 17, 1889 d. February 14, 1929 Gangster. Victim of Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Illinois, He worked as an accountant for the Moran mob. Little else is known about Adam "Frank" Heyer, his wife of seven months Mayme Heyer knew little about him. His own son from a previous marriage whom he met every few months, knew very little about his dad. What is known is that he did his first jail stint in 1908 for robbery and was sent to Bridewell for a year. Sentenced in 1915 for confidence game... [Read More] (Bio by: Memorial Flower ) Cause of death: Murdered. b. March 11, 1890 d. February 14, 1929 Organized Crime Figure. Also known as James "Jim" Clark, he was a gangster working for Bugs Moran that fell victim to the infamous St.

Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois (the other victims were Reinhardt Schwimmer, Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter Gusenberg, Adam Heyer (aka Adam Meyer), John May and Albert Weinshank aka Albert Weinshenker). On January 19, 1929, Patsy Lolordo, a gangster working for Al Capone, and his wife, Aleina Lolordo, were murdered in their Chicago home by... [Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson ) Cause of death: Murdered. GPS coordinates: 41.8695717, -87.9031296 (hddd.dddd) Scalise, John b. 1900 d. May 8, 1929 Organized Crime Figure. Born in Castelvetrano, Sicily in 1900, John Scalise became involved with the Mafia early in his life. At some point in his late teens or early twenties, possibly in retaliation for a murder, Scalise lost his right eye in an attack. His ill-fitting glass eye would give him a sinister appearance.

Shortly after this, Scalise traveled to America, entering the country illegally and settling in Chicago�s Little Italy. He was soon working for the six Genna brothers. Contrary to... [Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice ) Cause of death: Murdered with a baseball bat by Al Capone. * Find A Grave is currently seeking additional burial information for this individual. Please email with any updates you may have. Thank you! b. 1900 d. February 14, 1929 Gangster. He was working for Bugs Moran when he became a victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois. The other victims were John May, Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter Gusenberg, Adam Meyer, Albert Weinshenker and Albert Kachellek. Schwimmer was an eye doctor who used his business as a cover for his criminal activities. On January 19, 1929, Capone gangster Patsy Lolordo and his wife, Aleina, were murdered in their Chicago home by 3 men, Albert Kachellek, Pete... [Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson ) Cause of death: Murdered. b.

December 23, 1893 d. February 14, 1929 Organized Crime Figure. He was a victim of the infamous "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" (the others were Reinhardt Schwimmer, Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter Gusenberg, Adam Heyer (aka Adam Meyer), John May and Albert Kachellek). He was a gangster working for crimelord Bugs Moran. On January 19, 1929, Al Capone gangster Patsy Lolordo and his wife, Aleina, were murdered in their Chicago home by 3 men, Albert Kachellek, Pete Gusenberg and Frank Gusenberg, all working for Capone's rival... [Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson ) Cause of death: Murdered. Plot: In Sons and Daughters of Jacob Gate St. Valentine's Day massacre -- Chicago Tribune St. Valentine's Day massacre Nov. 25, 2012 On the morning of Thursday, February 14, 1929, St.

Valentine's Day, seven mob associates were lined up against the rear inside wall of the garage at 2122 North Clark Street, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago's North Side, and executed. The victims of a conflict between the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. The murders were committed by Al Capone and his men who orchestrated a complex ruse to lure Bugs Moran to the warehouse for his assassination. Moran was running late that morning and fled the scene when he saw a police car (a fake, part of the ruse) approach the building. Next ▶ Seven were gunned down in the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929, a hit believed ordered by Al Capone in an attempt to wipe out rival George "Bugs" Moran. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo Onlookers watch police remove the bodies from the garage on North Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and riddled with bullets to eliminate the last challenge to Al Capone on February 14, 1929. The St. Valentine's Day shootings shocked a populace that had grown numb to gangland killings.

— Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo A crowd outside the North Clark Street garage, owned by George "Bugs" Moran, where the St. Valentine's Day massacre took place on Feb. 14, 1929. Seven were murdered in conflict between gangs during Prohibition. Al Capone is believed to have orchestrated the event. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Curious spectators and friends and family of the dead at the scene of the St. Valentine's Day massacre to identify the victims, Feb. 14, 1929. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ The funeral of Frank and Peter Gusenberg on February 19, 1929, killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Mrs. Josephine Schwimmer leaving chapel at the funeral for her son, Reinhardt Schwimmer, February 28, 1929, who was killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Jurors witness a reenactment of the St.

Valentine's Day massacre of 1929 in this undated photo. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ The body of Albert Kachellek "James Clark" is removed from the Cook County morgue on February 15, 1929. He was murdered in the St. Valentine's Day massacre. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo A coroner and Major Goddard (Colonel Calvin Hooker Goddard) look over Thompson submachine guns on April 20, 1929. The guns were believed to have been used in the Clark Street St. Valentine's Day massacre. Goddard established that Tommy guns were used in the massacre and that they were not police Tommy guns. His work on the massacre led to establishment of the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern. A sidenote, Major Goddard was later promoted to Colonel in the Army and went by Colonel Goddard in the 1930s. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Coroners jury on the St. Valentine's Day massacre inquest, April 15, 1929.

— Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ An early booking mug for Joseph Aiello, whose feud with Al Capone and Antonio Lombardo was the source of many mob hits in the 1920s, including the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Coroners jury at the inquest for the St. Valentine's Day massacre, February 19, 1929. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Chief Shoemaker shows four submachine guns at the inquest for the St. Valentine's Day massacre April 20, 1929. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo Mrs. Frank Gusenberg, widow of the gangster slain in the St. Valentine's Day massacre, was to present letters of administration to a loop bank and obtain $100,000 or more by Liberty Bonds kept in a safety deposit box by the dead man. She is shown with an escort who refused to give his name February 21, 1929. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo Mrs.

Myrtle Gorman, center, of 434 Roscoe St., Common-law wife of Peter Gusenberg, who was murdered when rival gangsters mowed him and six companions down in a North Clark Street garage. Mrs Gorman denied all knowledge of Gusenberg's activities. Mrs. Gorman is leaving Gusenberg's inquest, February 19, 1929. The murders were known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Caption as it appeared in the newspaper) — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous The St. Valentine's Day Massacre THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE February 14th,1929. (M.Gomes collection) Seven men are killed in a garage on the North side of Chicago. Ordered by Al Capone, who is conveniently away in Miami at the time. Planned by McGurn and members of the Circus gang, imported hired killers are sent in the Moran warehouse to kill George "Bugs"Moran. Moran is a rival and thorn in Capone's side. Moran and his gang have posession of the lucreative Northside booze business and other rackets.

The crews awaiting at the Circus Cafe are called in from this rooming house tipster to begin their fake raid.Once they arrive there is no turning back. Moran is nowhere to be found.The hired killers sent in to kill Moran mess up the hit by thinking that Moran is in the garage. One of the lookouts across the street had mistakingly taken one of the men entering the garage as Moran. Being late, Moran wasn't there and he had spotted the fake police cars on his way to the garage and mistook it for a raid. He doubled back and disappeared with his henchman. Inside the garage, the killers lined up the Moran men consisting of 5 Moran gangsters, one mechanic and an optometrist who gets a kick out of hanging around gangsters. A dog tied to a truck howls madly. The killers level their weapons consisting of two thompsons, one with a 20 round clip, and one with a 50 round drum. The killers know that the drum has a tendancy to jam on occaision, so just in case they make sure the 20 round clip is used to kill flawlessly. A shotgun is also part of the arsenal.

(M.Gomes collection) 70 spent shells hit the floor and two shotgun casings follow. All seven men are shot to pieces.The killers crazily have killed everyone inside.They leave the building pretending to be arrested by putting the guns in the back of their fellow gang members. They leave the scene.Two women, Jeanette Landesman and Mrs. Alphonse Morin, hear the machine gun clatter. One of them sends a roomer to go and investigate. He goes in and comes right out face completely white. He tells them to call the police.The police arrive and find six dead men and one near death crawling to the door. Frank Gusenberg miraculously survives the massacre and lives for 3 hours with 14 slugs in his body. He refuses to mention anything about the massacre even though he knows he will die. Originally believed as only one car of killers at the scene, it is now noted that two fake police cars seemed to be part of the massacre. One in the alley, who's occupants leave their car and enter the garage at 2122 North Clark as a truck enters the two panel doors at the rear of the Moran warehouse.

The Occupants keep the Moran men lined up and walk to the front of the office to let in the other car load of killers dressed as cops and civilians.Two cars are indeed later found burnt and cut up in an effort to destroy them. Both have police gongs and one is found to contain a notebook belonging to Al Weinshank killed in the garage. One was a 1926 Peerless found in Maywood and the other a 1927 Cadillac touring car that was found in a fire at 1723 North Wood street.The fire was caused by a gang member trying to cut up the vehicle with an acetelyne torch. He did not realize that the car contained a canister that had a reserve of gasoline in the engine. Detectives search hospitals for anyone that may have burned himself in the hours that followed. First carload of killers arrive at the back of 2122 North Clark and obtain access to the garage. Once inside they line up the Moran gang and relieve them of their weapons.One of the fake cops then goes to the front and lets in the other set of non uniformed killers to unleash their hail of .45 bullets into the Northside boys. (Photo courtesy of author Mr.

Bill Helmer) Front of 2122 North Clark Street. (Photo Mr. Jeff Maycroft) Front window at 2122 North Clark had the following sign; S-M-C-Cartage - Co On the door the windows have the following; SMC Cartage co Diagram showing how massacre might have happened. (M.Gomes collection) 10:30 am at 2122North Clark street The Cadillac touring car is found not far from the Circus gang Cafe owned and run by St. Louis gangster Claude Maddox (John Moore aka Screwy) and Tony "Tough Tony" Capezio. This is a Capone satellite gang that has produced the likes of Jack McGurn. The next door address of the Circus cafe is given as residence to the owner of the garage for rental. In total about 14 men are used in the Massacre killing crew. Most ,will in turn, be themselves killed. Witnesses such as the two women are threatened to death, the Coroner is also threatened.Lots of compelling evidence ,but no one is ever brought to trial for these seven murders called the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

"All done, now let's get the hell outta here!" Crowds gather in front as police arrives. (Photo: Jeff Maycroft) (M. Gomes collection) Sgt. Thomas J. Loftus Loftus knew the Gusenbergs real well. Detective Clarence J. Sweeney erroneously puts himself in the massacre story, claiming he was at Frank Gusenberg's bedside. As the years go by, Sweeney keeps the myth going and adds to the story, involving himself more and more. What really happened was Loftus arrived first at the scene and questioned Frank Gusenberg who was still alive in the garage. Loftus asked "Do you know me Frank?" Frank replied "Yes, you are Tom Loftus." Loftus then asks 'Who did it or what happened?" Frank replies "I won't talk." The officer then replies "You are in bad shape." Frank says "For God's sake get me to a hospital." Loftus tells Frank "Pete is here too." He said "Yes." Loftus asks Frank if they were lined up against the wall, to this Frank answers again 'I won't talk.' Once transferred to Alexian Brothers Hospital, Loftus asks Gusenberg another time and he refuses to talk.

Before Gusenberg dies, the Sgt. asked Frank if three of the men wore police uniforms. To this Frank answers "Yes"' and then dies. The erroneous statements later weaved into the story were that Gusenberg said 'I ain't no copper' and ' Nobody shot me' Sweeney claimed to be at Frank's bedside, yet Loftus detailed Officer James Mikes to be near Gusenberg at all times with no mention of Sweeney ever being there. Calvin Goddard's evidence from the crime scene. Here are the complete amount of spent .45 caliber shells that were picked up. 14 envelopes with 5 shelss each total 70. Goddard had figured out through forensics that 20 bullets came out of one Thompson and 50 came out of the other. One drum and one stick mag. Many had exaggerated the massacre with hundreds and thousands of bullets. In reality only seventy .45 acp rounds were fired along with two shotgun blasts. (Neal Trickel collection) Close up of spent shell picked up at the scene. (Neal Trickel collection) One of the photographers gets his head in the macabre scene (Photo taken by Mr.

Anthony Berardi of The Chicago American) Another view, notice one of the Gusenberg's handgun at extreme right front corner of photo (John Binder Collection) Close up of Frank Gusenberg's .38 (Photo courtesy of author Mr. Bill Helmer) Photo courtesy of Mr. Bill Helmer Bodies being removed under the watchful eye of Dr. Herman Bundesen (Glasses). (Photo courtesy of Mr. Bill Helmer) Photo of Clark street taken 13 days after massacre. Arrow on the left shows garage where massacre took place. Arrow to the right shows look out building. (Mario Gomes collection) A Chicago doctor for many years, Herman Bundesen led the investigation into the St. Valentine's day massacre crime. (Mario Gomes collection) Herman Bundesen and the Coroner's Jury watch as the massacre is re-enacted at 2122 North Clark street. Executive Vice President of Palmolive Peet Burt A. Massee. Coroner's jury foreman. He helped finance the investigation. (Mario Gomes collection) Final edition for February 14,1929. (Mario Gomes collection). Chicago Herald Examiner February 15,1929.

Photo page of Chicago Herald Examiner February 15,1929. (Mario Gomes Collection) Several versions were printed during the day and evening . Chicago Daily News Feb.14th,1929. Coroners inquest by Herman Bundesen along with ballistics expert Calvin Goddard seated at left. (M.Gomes collection) Swearing in of coroner's Jury with massacre bodies laid out on makeshift tables. (Mario Gomes collection) Bullets removed from bodies. (The John Binder collection) Another view of same picture with Peter Gusenberg (Massacre Victim) and unidentified fellow next to him not part of massacre. (M.Gomes) Ballistics expert Calvin Goddard with coroner Herman Bundesen. Mr.Goddard identifies the bullets removed from the massacre bodies as those coming from Thompsons found in Fred"Killer"Burke's posession. (Mario Gomes collection) Spent shells recently fired from Massacre Thompson 2347. (Special thanks to Mr. Chuck Schauer for these) (Mario Gomes collection) Peter Von Frantzius (right) underworld gun supplier through sporting goods store that he owns is being questioned by Coroner Herman Bundesen.

(Mario Gomes collection) Machine gun seller Frank V. Thompson being interviewed at the massacre inquest. Thompson had sold quite a few Thompsons to various gangsters. Thompson will later take his own life. (Mario Gomes collection) Vincent Daniels (Danielski) in the hot seat. He too sold Thompsons to various gangsters such as Jack McGurn and Frank Gusenburg. (Mario Gomes collection) Thought partly to blame for the massacre was the northside gangsters constant stealing of Capone's booze by the name of Old Log Cabin made in Montreal,Canada. Moran's men would sometimes hijack it enroute from Detroit to Chicago. (Mario Gomes collection)

Question: In which American city did The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre take place
Answer: Chicago